Marge Monko

Marge Monko (s. 1976) töötab fotograafia, video ja installatsiooniga. Ta on õppinud fotograafiat ja visuaalkunsti Tallinnas ja Viinis. 2013–2015 osales ta HISK stuudioprogrammis (Higher Institute for Contemporary Art, Gent, Belgia). Viimaste näituste hulgas on „Kivid teemantide vastu” Folkwangi muuseumis, RIBOCA (Riia kaasaegse kunsti biennaal), “Crush” Para Site keskuses Hong Kongis, “Let It Grow. The Future” Innsbrucki rahvusvahelisel kunstide biennaalil (2018). 

Monko teosed koosnevad vintage reklaamidest ja LED-tuledest. Aproprieeritud fotodel, mille nimetused on “Angel Eye” ja “Demon Eye”, hoiavad graatsilised naise käed tarbeesemeid – portselani ja aluspesu. Piltidele paigutatud erineva kujuga LED-lampe kasutatakse auto- ja mootorrattatuledes. Kätepaar on Monko töös korduv motiiv. Teda huvitab, mil viisil käsi reklaamfotodel toodete esitlemiseks kasutatakse. Neid teoseid võib käsitleda fotoobjektidena, kuna need toimivad ka valgusallikatena.

Marge Monko (b. 1976) is an Estonian visual artist based in Tallinn. She works with photography, video and installation. She has studied photography and visual arts in Tallinn and Vienna, and in 2013–2015 she participated in a studio programme at HISK (Higher Institute for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium). Some of her recent exhibitions include “Stones Against Diamonds” at Museum Folkwang (Essen, Germany), RIBOCA – Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (Latvia), “Crush” at Para Site (Hong Kong, China), “Let It Grow. The Future” at Innsbruck International – Biennial of the Arts (Austria).

Marge Monko’s works consist of vintage advertisements and LED lights. On the appropriated photos with the titles “Angel Eye” and “Demon Eye”, graceful female hands are holding consumer goods – porcelain and lingerie. The different shapes of LED lamps mounted on the images are used in car and motorcycle lights. A pair of hands is a recurrent motif in Monko’s work. She is interested in the ways they are depicted on advertising photos as display tools. These works can be seen as photo objects, because they can also function as light sources.

www.margemonko.com